Tow Bar on a Marine Jeep

[Rml1708]

Is there any evidence that the Marines used the Tow bar on their jeeps?

One of the local guys son has joined the Marines and Dad wants to make a Marine Corp jeep. He has a tow bar but wants to make sure it was used on the Marine Corp Jeeps.

Robert

[Mark Tombleson]

I am going to work off my poor memory here, Robert. If I remember correctly the purpose of the tow bar was to hook two jeeps together to form a prime mover for towed artillery like a 105mm? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

The USMC had a field book that showed a typical Division had approximately 400 jeeps, 250 1 ton, & 250 2-1/2 ton trucks.

The photos I have seen show the 75mm pack howitzers being towed by the 1 ton IHC M-2-4 and the 105 and 155mm towed by IHC open cab 2-1/2 ton trucks.

It is possible the Army, which on a lot of PTO island invasions used artillery, had jeeps with tow bars but I have not seen any photos of such in the PTO.

[Rml1708]

MArk , that is my understanding that the tow bar was used to link two jeep together to be used as a primer mover for the 105. I am just looking for that photo that shows the Marines used it.

Thnaks much for the reply,

Robert